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*1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-14*
1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea.
2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
3 They all ate the same spiritual food
4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert.
6 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry."
8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did--and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
9 We should not test the Lord, as some of them did--and were killed by snakes.
10 And do not grumble, as some of them did--and were killed by the destroying angel.
11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfilment of the ages has come.
12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!
13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.
And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.
But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.
14 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
\\ *TEMPTATION*
*1 Cor.
10:1-14*
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*INTRODUCTION*
1.
To be tempted doesn’t mean you’re bad or that you’re sinning.
a.
However, when you engage in temptation – that’s a different matter.
b. Being tempted is a part of being human.
2. Temptation - can make your life absolutely miserable BUT we may feel that it will bring a DELICIOUS flavour when we may think life is boring, colourless.
Or we are anxious, afraid, in the blues.
3. Instead of thinking, “What will temptation give me,” I think it would be better if we considered, “What will temptation cost me?”
There is always a price to be paid!
*BACKGROUND*
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Before we begin looking at v13, notice the importance of v12.
It tells us that vv1-11 are important to understanding what v13 is all about.
In the 1st 11 verses, Paul is saying, “Look at the Bible!
See what happened to God’s special, chosen people because they are to be examples for you today.”
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Put pointedly: Even God’s special chosen people suffer the consequences of their actions AND God disciplines His children.
Look at cost of temptation when it’s indulged:
#. /V7/ – idolaters get caught up in revelry.
Their heart grows cold to God, mind becomes blind, in the end they have no will-power but to remain cold + blind UNLESS God…
#. /V8/ – sexual immorality leads to death NB a living death often (+ STDs, divorce etc)
#. /V9/ – do not test the Lord.
We exist for His benefit, not the other way around.
Nothing sadder than person demanding from God AND not getting.
Develop a testing~/demanding spirit and see how miserable you become!
#. /V10/ – do not grumble.
Do you want a miserable life?
Start grumbling.
A person with a critical heart makes themselves miserable.
The one who then grumbles to others is like yeast to a group – the whole group becomes miserable!
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These are all spiritual issues.
If you’re not a Christian, you’ll only be able to listen to this message.
Only Christians will truly hear & be able to apply what’s said.
*PAUL’S CAUTION* *v12*
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If you think you’ll never succumb to temptation - you’re most likely candidate to get caught.
/a. //1 Peter 5: 8 Be self-controlled and alert.
Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour./
/b. //Romans 7: 15 I do not understand what I do.
For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.
17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.
For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing./
c. I’ll never break the law.
But cheating on your tax return seems harmless late at night.
d. I’ll never fool around before I get married!
Watch out!
e. I’ll never be seduced away from my wife~/husband.
Principal said, “Plan what you will do WHEN a woman tries to seduce you.
It’s too late to think about it when it does happen!”
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By all means have the conviction you’ll never succumb to tempation.
BUT DON’T BE COCKY!
Don’t be naive by thinking that these couldn’t happen to you.
That’s Paul’s advice!
2. Our society says many things are fine that we know are wrong.
Have you discovered that yet?
People will want you to do all kinds of things which you may think, now, you’d never do.
a. Paul’s advice is, “Look what happened to the people long ago.”
b. King David, a man after God’s own heart, murdered a woman’s husband so he could marry her himself.
Do you like someone’s girlfriend ~/ boyfriend?
Don’t think you couldn’t do what King David did.
Or do you think you’re more godly than him?!
3. The warning is strong because God cares about you & doesn’t want you to follow in the ways of others & suffer the consequences they’ve had to live with.
Learn from their mistakes.
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The first step in guarding yourself in Christ, so that hopefully you don’t get caught up in any of these things, or worse things, is to understand that you are CAPABLE of doing all these & worse.
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Then you’ll listen carefully to God’s words in v13 & know that He has some ways of helping you deal with temptation...
*/v13a NO/**/ TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU BUT SUCH AS IS COMMON TO MAN.../*
1. Temptation makes you feel all alone.
You feel like no one else could possibly understand what you’re going thru.
But that’s not true.
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The devil wants you to keep your temptations all to yourself.
He doesn’t want you to compare notes with anyone else!
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The devil wants you to think that temptation is already sin.
If you think it, you’re already caught up in it – NOT SO!
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When you do talk with others, you soon discover that others are going thru or have gone thru exactly the same things you have.
d. You’re not alone - /v13a/.
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